Trump, Jeffrey Epstein and Pam Bondi
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President Donald Trump has struggled to meet demands he helped stoked for information about Jeffrey Epstein's criminal case.
Trump called people demanding more transparency in the Epstein investigation "troublemakers" and "radical left lunatics" in a Truth Social post.
The records are at the center of President Trump’s effort to manage fallout from the Epstein case. But unsealing them is complex and requires a judge to sign off.
The Justice Department's filing came not long after Trump filed a libel lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdoch and others over the Thursday report about Trump's alleged birthday message sent to Epstein in 2003.
"I have asked the Justice Department to release all grand jury testimony with respect to Epstein," Trump said.
The Justice Department on Friday formally asked a federal judge to unseal transcripts from grand jury proceedings involving convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.